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Transforming Teacher Unions

Fighting for Better Schools and Social Justice

This stimulating 144-page anthology looks at exemplary practices of teacher unions from the local to the national level. It challenges the reader, while presenting stirring new visions of teacher unions for the 21st century. The 25 articles weave together issues of teacher unionism, classroom reform, working with local communities, and social justice.

Contributing authors include Howard Zinn, Dan Perlstein, Robert Lowe, Herbert Kohl, Ann Bastian, and many classroom teachers and union activists. "Transforming Teacher Unions" is a terrific tool for anyone working in or with teacher unions today.

Transforming Teacher Unions shows how unions can lead the way towards a more genuine profession for ourselves, more effective schools for all our students, and a more just society.

-Adam Urbanski, president of the Rochester Teachers Association and a vice president of the AFT.

"Transforming Teacher Unions " is divided into six main sections. Click on the section heading to jump directly to that section below. Click here to view the TTU Table of Contents in pdf format, or, return to the TTU home page.

Overview

Introduction By Bob Peterson & Michael Charney

Survival & Justice: Rethinking Union Strategy By Bob Peterson

A Hard Lesson from History By Bob Peterson

Networking for Union Reform: The Story of TURN By Barbara Miner

A New Vision of Schooling By the Editors of Rethinking Schools

Promising Practices

Raising Professional Standards By Tom Mooney

Teachers as Leaders in Cincinnati By Monica Solomon

A Lead Teacher Speaks Out By An Interview with Diana Porter

Unions Can Create a Sense of Hope By Michael Charney

Professionalism in Minneapolis: A New View By Kris Berggren

Minneapolis Contract Excerpt

Rochester Teachers Struggle To Take Charge By Christine E. Murray

Rochester Contract Excerpt

Don t Sell Your Members Short By Adam Urbanski

Confronting Racism in British Columbia By Tom McKenna

Staffing & Seniority in Seattle By Margie Slovan

Getting Out the Message

An Interview with Paulette Copeland

Milwaukee Contract Excerpt

Resisting Resistance to Change An Interview with Mark Simon

Montgomery Co. Contract Excerpt

When Collective Bargaining is Prohibited An Interview with Rukiya Dillahunt

Lessons From History

Why Teachers Should Know History An Interview with Howard Zinn

Resources for Teaching Union History

Chicago Teachers' Federation & Its Legacy By Robert Lowe

If Not Now, When?: Teacher Unions in NYC By Dan Perlstein

Facing Tough Decisions By Herbert Kohl

The Prospects for a United Teachers Union

What Happened to the NEA/AFT Merger? By Ann Bastian

Principles of Unity for a United Organization By NEA & AFT

The New NEA: Reinventing Teacher Unions By Bob Chase

Whither Public Education? By Sandra Feldman

Organizing for the Future

Defending the Public Sector An Interview with Bill Fletcher

The Strength of the Public Sector By Bob Chase

The Market is Not the Answer &@160; An Interview with Jonathan Kozol

A Review of "United Mind Workers" By Bob Peterson

Social Justice Unionism: A Working Draft By the National Coalition of Education Activists

Question & Answers By Bob Peterson

Resources/Study Guide

Resources

Organizations & Books

Questions for Discussion By Bob Peterson & Michael Charney

This stimulating 144-page anthology looks at exemplary practices of teacher unions from the local to the national level. It challenges the reader, while presenting stirring new visions of teacher unions for the 21st century. The 25 articles weave together issues of teacher unionism, classroom reform, working with local communities, and social justice.

Contributing authors include Howard Zinn, Dan Perlstein, Robert Lowe, Herbert Kohl, Ann Bastian, and many classroom teachers and union activists. "Transforming Teacher Unions" is a terrific tool for anyone working in or with teacher unions today.